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Cat 2 / Lifetime Homes Essentials
Christina McGillHead of Communications
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Habinteg in short
• Habinteg has
over 45 years
experience
delivering and
championing
inclusive homes
• CAE is UK’s
leading
authority on
inclusive design
and now the
consultancy
division of
Habinteg
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Inclusive legacy
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Why the change in access standards?
Review of
housing
standards
2013-2015:
• Streamlining
and clarity
• Speed and
volume of
development
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Structure of Part M4 access standards
M4(1) Category 1: Visitable dwellings
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M4(2) Category 2: Accessible & adaptable
M4(3) Category 3: Wheelchair user
a) adaptable (ready to tailor)
b) accessible (ready to go)
Regulatory
minimum /
default
Optional,
determined
by planning
policy or
developer
choice
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Key features Lifetime Homes
• Step free access
• Wider doors and circulation space
• Entry level WC with inbuilt shower drainage.
• Adaptation ready bathroom walls
• Capacity for stair lift and wet-room
• Space for entry level bedroom & through floor lift
• Appropriate window handle, socket and heating
control heights
Ordinary homes with adaptive superpowers!
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Cat 2 v Lifetime Homes:
• Allows parking to be ‘gently sloping’
• Exemption of carports from capability to be widened
• Increase of window handle and radiator controls height
• No requirement to identify space for through floor lift
• Narrower staircases (but stair lifts have caught up)
• No requirement for ceiling strengthening to take potential
hoist (although little impact in practice)
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• Requires firm parking surface
• Step-free approach includes steeply sloping sites.
• Requires stepped alternative if ramp >300mm
• All external doors to be accessible & same ‘clear opening
width’ for gates (850mm)
• Lift or step free access to all homes above ground floor
• Slight increase circulation space in all double bedrooms
• Removes height band for strengthening of bathroom walls
See full Approved Doc M plus FAQ at www.gov.uk
Cat 2 v Lifetime Homes:
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Extra cost of Category 2 home
House Type Build Cost Additional
Space cost
(after cost
recovery)
Net additional
build costs
1B Apartment £940 £289 £1,229
2B Apartment £907 £289 £1,196
2B Terrace £523 £578 £1101
3B Semi-detached £521 £866 £1387
4B Detached £520 £866 £1386
Source: EC Harris for DCLG, 2014 Housing Standards review cost impacts
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Every penny counts, so isn’t Cat 1 ‘visitable’ good enough?
ADM Cat 1 WC
‘Visitability’ isn’t getting inside the front door, its using the amenities
fully, stay for an hour, stay for dinner, stay the night.
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Truly visitable because amenities are accessible to
most regardless of mobility impairments
Accessible, adaptable, inclusive
#Foraccessiblehomes
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The benefits #1
Health savings,
falls and injury:
“Building to the
Lifetime Homes
Standard could
provide a further
£1,600 savings* or
£8,600 if the
potential
adaptations were
made.”
*Over a 60 year life span
Assessing the health benefits of Lifetime Homes, DCLG, July 2012
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The benefits #2
Faster, less
expensive
adaptations.
A bathroom
grab rail
becomes a
quick job – no
need to
strengthen
walls first.
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The benefits #3
Coming out of
hospital –
• more quickly
• more safely
• 1.2m hospital
bed days lost
in 2015
costing
£820m
(£400 per day)
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The benefits #4
Easier to maintain
independence =
Postpone or avoid
moving to
residential care.
(£500-£750 p/w)
Maybe less costly
domiciliary care
Who pays?
Ref: www.payingforcare.org/care-home-fees
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The benefits #5
Improve
householders’
economic
opportunities –
- move home for
work or study
- work from home
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It’s not just about older people… but
• There are 11.4 million people aged 65 or over in
the UK –The number of people aged 60 or over is
expected to pass the 20 million mark by 2030
• Of 230,000 new households created every year,
over 55% of them will be headed by older people.
• Cat 2 homes are more future proof than their Cat
1 comparators.
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A sustainable and inclusive future
Building to Cat 2
now saves far
higher costs later.
Builds stronger
communities,
supports family life
and challenges
loneliness.
Ordinary
homes with
adaptive
superpowers!
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For more…
www.habinteg.org.uk @habinteg- Policy briefings, reports and analysis- #foraccessiblehomes campaign
www.cae.org.uk @cae_info- technical access consultancy - training- Guides and publications
[email protected] @habintegmcgill